Question reference: S6W-10980
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 29 September 2022
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 October 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08911 by Michael Matheson on 15 June 2022, what steps it took to ensure that, in making comparisons between average water charges in England and Wales and those in Scotland, the average prices were calculated on the same basis.
Answer
The independent economic regulator, the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS), produces the average charge data in Scotland. In England and Wales, Water UK provides the data to Discover Water. Both average charges are produced independent of water companies and represent the best comparator available.